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The UK government said Wednesday it had given the green light to Todd Boehly’s proposed takeover of Chelsea football club from the sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

“We are satisfied the proceeds of the sale will not benefit Roman Abramovich or other sanctioned individuals," Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries tweeted.

The British government had issued ... (READ MORE) - https://thecornetnews.com/uk-govt-okays-chelsea-fc-sale-for-4-25-billion-pounds/

A bureau de change operator, Abdullahi Rafa Mohammmed has petitioned the Nigeria Police and the Turkish government against a Turkey-based Nigeria who allegedly swindled him of N71,645,000 million.
Mohammed, in his petition to the deputy inspector-general of police and the AIG (Interpol) dated March 25, 2022, said ... CLICK LINK BELOW

https://thecornetnews.com/turkey-based-nigerian-swindles-bureau-de-change-operator-of-n72m/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has allegedly launched a probe into the finances of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, NPTF. A source with knowledge of the development told TheCornet that the anti-graft agency wrote to the NPTF in February, requesting records of funds the agency had so far received and its expenditures.

The interest of the anti-graft agency in the NPTF affairs borders on alleged financial malfeasances by its management, led by its Executive Secretary, Aliyu Sokoto. It was gathered that the special purpose agency set up to support the Nigeria Police Force has turned into a ...(CLICK STORY) ... https://thecornetnews.com/efcc-probes-nigeria-police-trust-fund-over-corruption-allegation/

A woman, who identified herself as Blessing Ogbaa, says that a prayer by a Nigerian preacher Apostle Johnson Suleiman cured her of Amenorrhea (delayed menstruation).

The preacher, who has courted different controversies before now, is the general overseer of the Omega Fire Ministeries International, based in Auchi, Edo State.

Another woman, Helen Agbe from Cameroon, was reported to have received “miracle money”.

According to the story, ... READ ..https://thecornetnews.com/woman-praises-apostle-suleiman-for-menstrual-flow-another-for-receiving-miracle-money/

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to amend the Electoral Act 2022, which he signed into law last Friday.

The president in his letter to the Senate on Tuesday asked that the Section 84 (12) should be deleted from the electoral act.
TheCornet had reported President Buhari's complaint about the said provision and his declaring it "ultra vires".

[b][/b]READ MORE ...[b][/b]https://thecornetnews.com/buhari-writes-national-assembly-wants-clause-deleted-from-electoral-act/

Ghana has become the first African country to evacuate its nationals from war-torn Ukraine.
The first set of Ghanaian students has arrived the West African country.

Read More ...[b][/b]https://thecornetnews.com/breaking-ghana-evacuates-nationals-from-ukraine/

Abdulmumin Jibrin has stated that the bond between President Muhammadu Buhari [/b]and Senator Bola Tinubu is that of two brothers. His statement comes as insinuations are rife that President Buhari is indisposed to [b][/b]Tinubu's quest to succeed him.
In his statement on Wednesday, Jibrin said that ... [b]https://thecornetnews.com/buhari-and-tinubu-brothers-no-one-can-come-between-them-jibrin/

Sarah Ochekpe, a former minister in the cabinet of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced to six years imprisonment on Tuesday. Also sentenced along with her are Evan Leo Sunday Jitong and Raymond Dabo, both of whom were deputy director for Goodluck/Sambo 2015 election campaign and former Acting Chairman of PDP, Plateau State respectively.

TheCornet reports that the EFCC accused the now convicts of receiving N450million from fugitive former minister Diezani Allison-Madueke to influence the outcomes of the 2015 presidential election.

During their trial, Ochekpe admitted receiving the money, but claimed she handed it to then PDP gubernatorial candidate Senator Gyang Pwajok.

But this is why the minister why the minister will not go to jail ...(Read) https://thecornetnews.com/why-sentenced-ex-minister-sarah-ochekpe-may-not-go-to-jail/

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the current strike action might exceed a month, if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to accede its demands.

NAN reports ASUU Chairman, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU chapter, as saying so.

“At the end of the one-month warning strike, if nothing changes, it will continue,” Ufoaroh declared

“Any academic programme that involves our members has been suspended and you know it is a rolling strike,” Mr Ufoaroh declared.

Ufoaroh also said that ...https://thecornetnews.com/why-strike-may-exceed-one-month-ASUU/

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a member of a money counterfeiting syndicate in Abuja.

The agency said it arrested one Abdulmumini Maikasuwa, 52, who belongs to the syndicate.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA, spokesperson, said on Sunday that ...https://thecornetnews.com/man-52-nabbed-with-fake-4-7-million-cash-in-abuja/

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has taken a jab at Chief Raymond Dokpesi, one of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Dokpesi is known to be an ardent campaigner for former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s presidential aspiration. He has also faulted calls for the zoning of the PDP’s presidential ticket exclusively to the south.

Dokpesi had accused Wike of ...https://thecornetnews.com/wike-to-dokpesi-dont-destroy-other-people-because-of-atiku/

Bandits who kidnapped a woman and members of her family decided to release her after they found out she was suffering high blood pressure.

The woman, who is the senior wife to Ibrahim Tanko, the Sarkin Hausawa of Anguwar Azara in Jere, along Abuja-Kaduna highway, was seized at gunpoint.

The gun-wielding men also kidnapped Tanko’s two other wives, Maimun Ibrahim and Hauwawu, and his four daughters.
They were also said to have ... https://thecornetnews.com/bandits-release-victim-after-knowing-she-suffers-high-blood-pressure/

The Nigeria Police have revealed how four babies were rescued from the hands of some motorcycle-riding terrorists on Thursday.

The police also said the babies were ...https://thecornetnews.com/how-we-rescued-four-babies-from-motor-cycle-riding-terrorists-police/

Two senior police officers, who are accomplices of rogue police officer Abba Kyari have been suspended from the force. They are ...https://thecornetnews.com/two-more-senior-police-officers-suspended-following-cocaine-saga/

Tragedy struck at a wedding ceremony where 13 guests - all of whom were women and children - perished inside a well.
The guests had sat on a slab, which provided a covering for a well. The slab ...https://thecornetnews.com/13-wedding-guests-perish-inside-well/

A school teacher accused of demanding nude pictures from his student has been fired from his job.

The Guantang-South African teacher, named Itumeleng Selokela, also urged the student to lie to her parents that she would be having extra classes, so as to enable them spend some time at a hotel together.

He allegedly told the student she had a lovely body before grabbing and ...https://thecornetnews.com/school-teacher-who-asked-student-for-nude-pictures-caught/

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is bereaved owing to the death on Wednesday of his ally, Professor Tunde Samuel.

Until his death, Samuel was a member of the powerful Governor's Advisory Council, the highest decision-making body of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State.

As an advocate of true federalism for Nigeria, Samuel once said that ...https://thecornetnews.com/tinubus-ally-who-said-nigeria-did-not-need-restructuring-dies/

Drug dealing suspended police officer Abba Kyari has allegedly blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) for his ordeal.

Kyari is presently in the custody of Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency for stealing and tampering with cocaine exhibit.

According to a report, Kyari during investigation, led by Deputy Inspector-General of Police Joseph Egbunike, said that...https://thecornetnews.com/kyari-blames-nnamdi-kanus-ipob-esn-for-his-ordeal/

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Wednesday, stated that its officers were not part of the drug ring to which arrested police officer Abba Kyari and his gang belong.

In a statement on Wednesday, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said Abba Kyari confirmed to the NDLEA undercover cop that his (Kyari) men were usually stationed at the airport anytime an informant squealed on a drug courier.

Babafemi said Kyari told investigators that his ‘boys’ usually ... https://thecornetnews.com/inside-abba-kyaris-drug-cartel-operations-ndlea/

Brenda Usifo, the widow of slain Super TV CEO Ataga Usifo, helped unravel the initial mystery surrounding his death, a court heard on Monday.

Raman Obiorah Saliu, a co-founder of Super Network Limited (owners of Super TV), revealed the tracking of Atega’s phone by Brenda led the search party to the University of Lagos Guest House.

Saliu gave his testimony in the trial of Chindima Adora Ojukwu, the principal suspect in the murder. Ojukwu and Atega had checked into the apartment in which the latter the cold-blooded murder was discovered.

Saliu said 10 minutes of Brenda’s previous call to him, she called again to ... https://thecornetnews.com/what-atagas-wife-did-that-led-to-chindimas-arrest/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement it issued on Monday, failed to name ‘a top military officer’ it claimed enriched himself corruptly.

In the said release published on its Facebook page, the EFCC said the unnamed military officer acquired several landed properties valued at over N3, 007, 000, 000 (Three Billion and Seven Million Naira) through proxies.

One of such, the EFCC claimed, was late General Aminu Maude.

Other proxies used by the corrupt officer are...https://thecornetnews.com/efcc-hides-name-of-top-military-officer-caught-in-n3-7bn-corrupt-acquisition/

Disgraced police officer Abba Kyari has been arrested by the police. TheCornet reports that Kyari was not arrested alone.
Source: https://thecornetnews.com/abba-kyari-arrested/

A book that has content relating to sexuality, such as masturbation and sexual orientation has been withdrawn.
The book being used by 12-year-old grade has been in use from 2004.
It is said that the topics are "generating controversy in society".
The reasons government gave for its actions are reported in a story published by www.thecornetnews.com

Source: https://thecornetnews.com/mozambique-withdraws-book-on-masturbation-from-education-curriculum/

A man reported to be a staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, held his wife and children hostage at gunpoint.

The man, Felix Akeze asked that his wife repays what he has spent on her, else he would kill her and their kids.

The ‘hostages’ were freed by the police, who stormed the No. 5b Toyosi Adetoro residence of the couple, the report also claimed.

The police became aware of the incident after the woman’s brother alerted them.

TheCornet will give developing report, as the police are said to be investigating the matter.

Source: https://thecornetnews.com/firs-staff-holds-wife-kids-hostage-at-gunpoint/

The Nigeria Police Trust Fund, (NPTF) is owing 18 months staff salaries, amid allegations of corruption and incompetence leveled against its Executive Secretary, Aliyu Ahmed Sokoto.


Sources privy to the development said staff are demoralized and unhappy with the agency’s management. Despite the backlog of unpaid salaries, the NPTF does not have its own office, since its creation in 2020. Although the NPTF was established to give logistics support to the police, by way of training, equipping, and addressing welfare challenges facing police officers, sources claimed the agency has...https://thecornetnews.com/nigeria-police-trust-fund-owing-18-months-staff-salaries-amid-corruption-allegations/

The rate at which youths consume and abuse hard drugs is alarming. This phenomenon, shockingly, affects both genders. On Sunday, the NDLEA said it arrested two female 100-level undergraduates of Edo Polytechnic believed to be drug peddlers. The anti-narcotic agency equally busted a hotel in Abuja. This is what the NDLEA found ... https://thecornetnews.com/edo-poly-female-undergraduates-arrested-for-drug-peddling/

The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been accused of disqualifying some aspirants who were initially cleared to contest the party ticket at the Saturday primaries. Some of the affected aspirants and party faithful from Surulere Local Government Area believe their sudden exclusion is a premeditated and deliberate move.

This medium is in receipt of a list of disqualified aspirants from ‘Ward E' in Surulere LG. They are Thomas Babatunde Akinwande and Bello Nurudeen Olanrenwaju. Another aspirant so excluded is Ogunlana Babatunde Kayode, who reportedly failed to appear before the screening committee.

As learned, one of the disqualified aspirants Thomas Akinwande had initially been cleared by different screening organs of the party. His disqualification, however, was revealed late on Thursday – the same day the appeals committee hearing grievances of affected aspirants concluded it assignment.
The only aspirant approved to contest the primaries is Barakat Akande, the incumbent councillor representing the ward.


Akande, a protégé of Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of House of Representatives, is equally the Leader of the local government parliament.
Before now, Gbajabiamila was reported to have pressured other candidates to step down for Akande and her eight other incumbent councillors. While some aspirants heeded Gbajabiamila’s call, others shunned him.
Gbajabiamila's alleged action is viewed as his attempt to undermine internal democracy and was condemned by party members who preferred anonymity.

“We did not know Barakat from Adam. Femi (Gbajabiamila) brought her from London. This time around, party members want popular choices to emerge as candidates of the party but these agents of confusion want otherwise. We don’t want people of questionable character. We are appealing to Femi Gbajabiamila to let peace reign and not impose Barakat on us,” said a woman leader in Surulere APC.

Moreover, the aggrieved party faithful have alleged the APC state chairman Tunde Balogun is in cahoots with Gbajabiamila on the disqualification of popular aspirants.

Also mentioned in thie is Shakiru Ajao, the party chairman at the local government level.
The disqualification is reported to have further polarised the party as supporters of disqualified aspirants have vowed to resist the party.

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Tinubu, Gbaja, And The Need To Promote Party Democracy

By Ibrahim Olatunji

The press conference by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu debunking the rumours that he had endorsed specific aspirants across different local government areas for the forthcoming Lagos council polls is a welcome development. Ordinarily, the APC leader’s public disavowal should be sufficient assurance to party faithful already disenchanted by the rumours of imposition.
But, it seems not. This is because some self-serving political leaders are unrelenting in their shenanigans. They still peddle Asiwaju Tinubu’s name as the approving authority for their undemocratic actions. Far too long, these party hawks have subdued popular and majority choices. To them, it is either their narrow interests are satiated, or nothing. The usual refrain on their lips is “oga sope” (the Leader (Tinubu) said so).
And, since the uninitiated cannot by himself speak to, or hear the deity -except through a diviner-he holds as truth the latter’s proclamation of what is spoken. This scenario explains the controversies rearing their heads in Surulere Local Government Area. Though, we saw on the television and have read Tinubu’s press release, the undemocratic tendencies in Surulere still claim he had endorsed certain aspirants and excluded others from the poll. Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of House of Representatives, is the one spearheading the imposition in Surulere LG.
Gbajabiamila is rooting for his protégé Sulaiman Yussuf, who like he has been in political office in the last 18 years. Yussuf had served as a councillor, supervisor, and vice chairman. Despite Yussuf’s long spell in the administration of Surulere LG, Gbajabiamila, again in 2017, installed him as the council vice chairman. Yussuf holds this position until July when the administration’s lifespan terminates. Yussuf is not the only one to benefit from Gbajabiamila’s imposition. Also are the nine incumbent councillors who he singlehanded installed in 2017 too. Already, he has asked that other councillorship aspirants step down for the councillors. To Gbajabiamila, politics is a conquest and nothing is spared in gathering its spoils. The speaker is a political fixer who brooks no opposition in indulging his own inordinate appetites. This explains why he installed singlehanded all nine incumbent councillors, secretary to the local government, and all supervisors in the outgoing council administration. Definitely,Speaker Gbajabiamila delights in playing god over the political destinies of others in Surulere.
It is amazing that someone of Gbajabiamila’s the political standing is opposed to competitive primaries. The reality shares into shreds APC “Change” mantra. But could the speaker be afraid of? It is more baffling that Gbajabiamila has been representing Surulere Federal Constituency I for five-term running and, by 2023, would have spent 20 years doing so. The only way to explain the speaker’s opposition to the primaries is he is either unpopular or his candidates are.
Equally, the allegation of APC state chairman Tunde Balogun being a ready tool in Gbajabiamila’s hands in circumventing democratic processes is disheartening. It will then mean both the state and local party executives are deep in immoral tryst with the speaker. A typical LGA party meeting in Surulere is a usual arena for the handpicked executives and supporters of Gbajabiamila to sing his praises. And, after doing so, depart to reconvene the singing session another day.
No doubt, it is Gbajabiamila’s enlightened self-interest to see the LGA executives serve his narrow interest. It appears that Speaker Gbajabiamila believes his political interest is protected as long as party members in Surulere are divided. He equally appears to be at ease with the manifest incapability of the incumbent party executives to demonstrate rational behaviors including unifying members behind the party’s shared goals.
Enough is enough! Speaker Gbajabiamila must allow popular choices emerge through a transparent democratic process in Surulere LG. He has a duty to do so. The irreducible minimums required of him, particularly given his position as head of a parliament, are to promote true party democracy, equality, equity, and social justice. Conversely, imposition neither defines nor justify such democratic values.
Except Gbajabimila is sold on imploding the party, we will like him to take heed of his political godfather’s words: ‘Asiwaju Bola Tinubu …has no preferred candidates for the upcoming local government primaries. He has no intention to endorse any of the people contesting chairmanship or councillorship positions …for the APC, the integrity of the primary process is of the highest priority’.

https://gatekeeper.ng/tinubu-gbaja-and-the-need-to-promote-party-democracy-by-ibrahim-olatunji/

What is going on in Surulere exposes who Tinubu, Gbaja, and their ilk are. While they claim to be democrats, their actions are typical of villians. By 2023 Gbaja would have spent 20 years as lawmaker representing Surulere Federal Constituency I. Gbaja's boy, Suleiman Yussuf whom he wants to impose, has been in administration of Surulere LGA in the last 18 years. He was first elected a councillor. Subsequently, he served as a supervisor and later a vice chairman of the council. Sulaiman became vice Chairman again in 2017, a position he currently holds. He is not known to have done anything else in his adult life than being a dependent on the council. This is the man for whom Gbaja wants to undermine party democracy. How can Gbaja claim to be a Progressives whereas his politics is retrogressive? How can Gbaja claim to be a Democrat, whereas he lacks fidelity in democracy. This is the story of Surulere. The story of Femi Gbaja who doesn't mind bringing down the whole house just to satiate his big ego. Gbaja does not want primary election because he knows he will lose. He knows he will be shamed. He is an autocrat!

According to www. Newsbreak.ng Senator Bukola Saraki, president of Senate, has said he wants the appeal deriving from the libel suit he filed against Sahara Reporter expeditiously concluded, “so that he can access the 4 billion naira judgement debt in order to use it for ...

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